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Museum Field Trips
Educational programming can be adapted for older groups as well. Please contact Emily England for additional information or to schedule.
Field Trip to the Skokie Heritage Museum (recommended for K–3rd grade)
Learn about Skokie’s first settlers and how they lived through a hands-on presentation in the main museum building including photographs, artifacts, early American toys and more. Split into smaller groups, students will also briefly tour the log cabin.
Virtual Field Trip via Zoom (recommended for K–3rd grade)
A 40-minute tour of the Log Cabin and Engine House followed by time for questions and answers.
School Outreach Program (recommended for K–3rd grade)
If you can't come out to visit us, the Museum will come to you! Experience Skokie History and early settler life in the classroom. Learn about the daily life of early Skokie settlers through photographs, artifacts, early American toys and more. Schools must be in Niles, Evanston or New Trier Township.
Virtual Abbreviated History of Skokie Lecture (recommended for adults ages 16 and over)
Is your organization or group interested in learning more about Skokie’s long history? In this virtual presentation, Museum staff present a brief history of Skokie through images, maps and documents.
Girl Scout Badge Days
Complete your badge requirements in a single day at the Skokie Heritage Museum. All workshops are two hours. Workshops fulfill the following badges:
Juniors
Playing the Past
Drawing
Brownies
Painting
Fee per 2-hour workshop: $12 per participant (Minimum of 5).
Please schedule at least one month in advance and make payment at least 10 days prior to program.
Cub Scout Adventures
Bring your Cub Scout Packs to the museum to complete adventures! (All programs complete all badge requirements except Art Explosion.)
Wolves
Collections and Hobbies – Show off your collections in a museum and learn how museums care for their collections
Bears
Beat of the Drum – Learn about American Indians and other indigenous peoples and complete crafts
Webelos
Art Explosion – Explore various art mediums and create self-portraits and other art styles.
Fee per 2-hour workshop: $12 per participant (Minimum of 5).
Please schedule at least one month in advance and make payment at least 10 days prior to program.